About Julie

I’m a Ph.D. scientist who loves talking about + teaching others to talk about science.

I previously worked at the American Society for Microbiology and taught at the community biolab, Genspace. Now I work for the biotech accelerator IndieBio NY.

I have:

• Moderated discussions on GMOs, gene drives, and similar issues among the general public.
• Written dozens of non-technical articles for the scientific and nonscientific communities.
• Taught microbiology 101 to the staff of large nonprofit societies.
• Interviewed the head of China CDC, the Director of Infectious Diseases Research at the Mayo Clinic, and the NIH scientist who developed the HPV vaccine.
• Summarized dense scientific literature into a tweet, a facebook post, a blog, and a 5 minute YouTube video.
• Helped scientists eliminate jargon from their conversations.
• Moderated panels of science communicators to share learnings and best practices.
• Used Google Analytics and best web-writing practices to increase organic web traffic.
• Worked with early-career through expert-level scientists to improve scientific messaging.
• Solicited and edited commentaries on cutting-edge research.
• Grown social media accounts by 200-400% over a 5-year period.
• Hosted author interviews at the New York Public Library.
• Instructed broad audiences of non-scientists how to apply the basics of DNA technologies.

Spoken to dozens of early-career scientists wondering how I took this path. If you’re one of them, please get in touch! I’m happy to share my thought processes, experiences, and failures.